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President Obama’s Taxpayer-Backed Green Energy Failures(List)
Heritage Foundation ^ | 10/18/2012 | Ashe Schow

Posted on 10/18/2012 3:24:33 PM PDT by mojito

....So far, 36 companies that have received federal support from taxpayers have either gone bankrupt or are laying off workers and are heading for bankruptcy. This list includes only those companies that received federal money from the Obama Administration’s Department of Energy. The amount of money indicated does not reflect how much was actually received or spent but how much was offered. The amount also does not include other state, local, and federal tax credits and subsidies, which push the amount of money these companies have received from taxpayers even higher.

The complete list of faltering or bankrupt green-energy companies:

1.Evergreen Solar ($24 million)* 2.SpectraWatt ($500,000)* 3.Solyndra ($535 million)* 4.Beacon Power ($69 million)* 5.AES’s subsidiary Eastern Energy ($17.1 million) 6.Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million) 7.SunPower ($1.5 billion) 8.First Solar ($1.46 billion) 9.Babcock and Brown ($178 million) 10.EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)* 11.Amonix ($5.9 million) 12.National Renewable Energy Lab ($200 million) 13.Fisker Automotive ($528 million) 14.Abound Solar ($374 million)* 15.A123 Systems ($279 million)* 16.Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million) 17.Johnson Controls ($299 million) 18.Schneider Electric ($86 million) 19.Brightsource ($1.6 billion) 20.ECOtality ($126.2 million) 21.Raser Technologies ($33 million)* 22.Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)* 23.Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)* 24.Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)* 25.Range Fuels ($80 million)* 26.Thompson River Power ($6.4 million)* 27.Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)* 28.LSP Energy ($2.1 billion)* 29.UniSolar ($100 million)* 30.Azure Dynamics ($120 million)* 31.GreenVolts ($500,000) 32.Vestas ($50 million) 33.LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($150 million) 34.Nordic Windpower ($16 million)* 35.Navistar ($10 million) 36.Satcon ($3 million)*

*Denotes companies that have filed for bankruptcy.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.heritage.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; corruption; democrats; drillheredrillnow; envirofascism; fraud; globalwarminghoax; greenfraud; greenjobs; obama; obamatruthfile; solyndra; thegreenlie
Green jobs of the future. Not.
1 posted on 10/18/2012 3:24:39 PM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito; Nachum
Thanks, mojito!

Bump-worthy, Nachum? ...................................... FRegards

2 posted on 10/18/2012 3:29:37 PM PDT by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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To: mojito

Did you get LG Chem?

Obama-Promoted Battery Plant Moves to ‘Rolling Furloughs’ As Company Pulls Back on Jobs Projections

http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/17567


3 posted on 10/18/2012 3:33:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: mojito

Definitely wouldn’t want Obama being a venture capitalist or mutual fund manager.


4 posted on 10/18/2012 3:39:58 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: mojito
Let's try that again...

1.Evergreen Solar ($24 million)*
2.SpectraWatt ($500,000)*
3.Solyndra ($535 million)*
4.Beacon Power ($69 million)*
5.AES’s subsidiary Eastern Energy ($17.1 million)
6.Nevada Geothermal ($98.5 million)
7.SunPower ($1.5 billion)
8.First Solar ($1.46 billion)
9.Babcock and Brown ($178 million)
10.EnerDel’s subsidiary Ener1 ($118.5 million)*
11.Amonix ($5.9 million)
12.National Renewable Energy Lab ($200 million)
13.Fisker Automotive ($528 million)
14.Abound Solar ($374 million)*
15.A123 Systems ($279 million)*
16.Willard and Kelsey Solar Group ($6 million)
17.Johnson Controls ($299 million)
18.Schneider Electric ($86 million)
19.Brightsource ($1.6 billion)
20.ECOtality ($126.2 million)
21.Raser Technologies ($33 million)*
22.Energy Conversion Devices ($13.3 million)*
23.Mountain Plaza, Inc. ($2 million)*
24.Olsen’s Crop Service and Olsen’s Mills Acquisition Company ($10 million)*
25.Range Fuels ($80 million)*
26.Thompson River Power ($6.4 million)*
27.Stirling Energy Systems ($7 million)*
28.LSP Energy ($2.1 billion)*
29.UniSolar ($100 million)*
30.Azure Dynamics ($120 million)*
31.GreenVolts ($500,000)
32.Vestas ($50 million)
33.LG Chem’s subsidiary Compact Power ($150 million)
34.Nordic Windpower ($16 million)*
35.Navistar ($10 million)
36.Satcon ($3 million)*

Now for the successful hussein Odumbo green jobs...

Ummmmm.
Errr...
Ummmm
Ahhh
Errr...

Like that.

5 posted on 10/18/2012 3:51:45 PM PDT by publius911 (Formerly Publius 6961, formerly jennsdad)
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To: mojito

Thanks. I was just wondering if there was a list for this.


6 posted on 10/18/2012 3:53:03 PM PDT by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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Definitely ping worth

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


7 posted on 10/18/2012 4:04:01 PM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: mojito

Bookmark.


8 posted on 10/18/2012 4:07:02 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: mojito

Add this to the list along with the wind turbine jobs that have evaporated here in Colorado.

http://completecolorado.com/stories/AboundSummary.html

Abound Solar.........

What a waste......


9 posted on 10/18/2012 4:08:09 PM PDT by averagemo
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To: mojito

http://cnsnews.com/video/national/obama-budget-seeks-double-down-green-energy

Obama Budget Seeks to ‘Double Down’ on Green Energy


10 posted on 10/18/2012 4:09:04 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Nachum; mojito; penelopesire; hoosiermama; STARWISE; maggief; thouworm; MestaMachine; SE Mom

THANK YOU FOR THE PING, AND THANKS VERY MUCH, mojito!!!

Saving!


11 posted on 10/18/2012 4:09:17 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: publius911
Now for the successful hussein Odumbo green jobs...

Weren't they counting garbage men as green jobs?
12 posted on 10/18/2012 4:18:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: mojito

Obviously a lot of this money has been “recycled” into Dem campaign contributions. And it certainly was something the Baraqqis could pull off without scrutiny from the MSM.

But the interesting part is that it MAY NOT WORK.


13 posted on 10/18/2012 4:22:55 PM PDT by nascarnation (Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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To: nascarnation
Obviously a lot of this money has been “recycled” into Dem campaign contributions.

I wonder how much of this money has also been 'recycled' to various offshore accounts and are awaiting repatriation to Obama and his cronies in the years following his presidency.
14 posted on 10/18/2012 4:40:04 PM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: rottndog

I think it’s safe to say that Baraq & MooseChelle won’t have to work another day in their lives.

Just the $$ he makes selling POTUS pardons in January will be stunning I believe.


15 posted on 10/18/2012 4:43:58 PM PDT by nascarnation (Defeat Baraq 2012. Deport Baraq 2013)
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To: nascarnation

So after building a spreadsheet I come up with about $10.2 Billion down the drain


16 posted on 10/18/2012 5:10:21 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: mojito

Bama’s a fool.


17 posted on 10/18/2012 6:20:55 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: publius911; mojito

How about Tesla Motors?


18 posted on 10/18/2012 10:43:05 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: publius911

What about A123 Systems? Massachusetts car battery maker just this week...

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/battery-builder-a123-won-249-million-federal-grant-143806554.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=feed


19 posted on 10/19/2012 4:54:09 AM PDT by BonRad
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